Diversity Rocks!

Minorities will soon be the majority in the U.S.
And that’s a good thing! This country was built by immigrants!
The U.S. Census Bureau projects that the nation will become more diverse with minorities becoming the majority population by 2042.
The Director of Stony Brook University’s Center for Regional Policy Studies says, “It’s already happening on Long Island.” The Hispanic population in Suffolk county has gone up 10.5% alone just since 2000.
Koppelman adds, “Hispanics are primarily drawn here by economic opportunity. If the economy remains robust on Long Island, this population will continue to expand.”
Hispanic residents continue to increase nationwide as well. They made up about 12.4% of the population in 2007. That’s up 10% from back in 2000.
According to the Census Bureau, minorities are approximately one-third of the nation’s population right now. By 2050, however, they will grow to about 54% of the population. That would be about 133 million minorities.
The black population is also expected to rise from 14% today to 15% by 2050.
And, the Asian population will rise about 4.1% by 2050.
However, non-Hispanic whites are projected to drop from 66% now to about 46% by 2050. Their population numbers will stay around the same, going from 199.8 million today to about 203.3 million by 2050.
And, aside from ethnicities, the entire population will also be aging. By 2050, projections are that one in five Americans will be 65 years-old and older.
Perez is gonna be one of those, if he’s lucky enough to still be alive! And, you can bet he’ll still be blogging!